International Trade Administration March 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On February 28, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published its final determination in the sales at less-than-fair-value investigation of wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from the People's Republic of China (China). However, the notice was not printed in the Federal Register as Commerce intended. This notice corrects the resultant punctuation errors in company names that occurred in the publication.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of forged steel fittings from India for the period of investigation January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.

On May 17, 2019, the United States announced joint understandings with Canada and Mexico, respectively, to eliminate tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, on imports of steel and aluminum products from Canada and Mexico and to establish a process for monitoring such imports. Consistent with the joint understandings, and to enhance U.S. Government monitoring and analysis of steel imports more generally, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) publishes this proposed rule to enhance its existing Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) system to allow for the effective and timely monitoring of import surges of specific steel products which will aid in the prevention of transshipment of steel products. Specifically, Commerce proposes to modify its regulations to require import license applicants to identify the country where the steel used in the manufacture of the imported steel product was melted and poured, and to release this data on an aggregate basis, as appropriate; to harmonize the scope of SIMA's licensing requirement with the scope of steel products subject to Section 232 tariffs; to extend the SIMA system indefinitely by eliminating the regulatory provision concerning the duration of the SIMA system; and to expand eligibility for use of the low-value license for certain steel entries. Commerce will address the monitoring of aluminum imports in a separate rulemaking.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Taiwan for the period of review (POR): October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that producers or exporters of certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic products (solar products) from Taiwan sold subject merchandise at less than normal value in the United States during the period of review (POR), February 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has preliminarily determined that two of the three respondents in this administrative review (AR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on ferrovanadium from the Republic of Korea (Korea), Korvan Ind, Co., Ltd. (Korvan) and Woojin Ind. Co., Ltd. (Woojin), made no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2018 through April 30, 2019. Commerce has preliminarily assigned the third respondent, Fortune Metallurgical Group Co., Ltd. (Fortune), an AD margin based upon the application of total adverse facts available. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe (circular welded pipes) from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) from the People's Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, at the level indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

On November 12, 2019, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated an administrative review on heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from the Republic of Korea (Korea) for the period September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019, for 22 companies. Because interested parties timely withdrew their requests for administrative review for certain companies, we are rescinding this administrative review with respect to those companies. For a list of the companies for which we are rescinding this review, see Appendix I to this notice. For a list of the companies for which the review is continuing, see Appendix II to this notice.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S. (Habas), a producer/ exporter of steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) received net countervailable subsidies during the period of review March 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbazole violet pigment 23 (CVP 23) from India for the period December 1, 2018 through November 30, 2019.

We preliminarily determine that steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Mexico that is bent on one or both ends and otherwise meeting the description of in-scope merchandiseif produced and/or exported by Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. (Deacero) to the United Statesis circumventing the antidumping duty order on rebar from Mexico.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd/Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd. (Dongbu) received countervailable subsidies that are above de minimis, and that Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai Steel) received countervailable subsidies that are de minimis. The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Liang Chyuan Industrial Co., Ltd. and its affiliate Integral Building Products Inc. (collectively, LC), PT Enterprise, Inc. and its affiliated producer Pro-Team Coil Nail Enterprise, Inc. (collectively, PT), and Unicatch Industrial Co. Ltd. (Unicatch), made U.S. sales of subject merchandise below normal value during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) continues to find that Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd. (Zhongwei) received countervailable subsidies from certain programs during the period of review (POR) from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that sales of certain steel nails (steel nails) from Malaysia were made at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.

A Request for Panel Review was filed on behalf of the Government of Mexico with the United States Section of the NAFTA Secretariat on March 2, 2020, pursuant to NAFTA Article 1904. Panel Review was requested of the Department of Commerce's final countervailing duty determination regarding Certain Fabricated Structural Steel from Mexico. The final determination was published in the Federal Register on January 30, 2020. The NAFTA Secretariat has assigned case number USA-MEX-2020-1904-03 to this request.

A Request for Panel Review was filed on behalf of Corey S.A. de C.V. (``Corey'') with the United States Section of the NAFTA Secretariat on February 28, 2020, pursuant to NAFTA Article 1904. Panel Review was requested of the Department of Commerce's final antidumping duty determination regarding Certain Fabricated Structural Steel from Mexico. The final determination was published in the Federal Register on January 30, 2020. The NAFTA Secretariat has assigned case number USA-MEX-2020-1904-01 to this request.

As a result of the determination by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain steel threaded rod (steel threaded rod) from the People's Republic of China (China) would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of the antidumping duty order.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from India is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than normal value.